Reliability and validity testing of a Chinese-translated version of the 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 565-569

  Ma, Hui Ing ^a   Hwang, Wen Juh ^a   Chen Sea, Mei Jin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Psychometrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 39; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TRANSLATING;

EID: 17744399033     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0687-0     Document Type: Article

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